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“What do you think is taking him so long?” Sidney asked crossly as she paced her cockpit.

Jedi Master Shimistra glanced up at the woman. “He will be here.” She answered, her gaze travelling back out the window and towards the marketplace.

“How do you know?” Sidney growled, “For all we know he could be lying dead somewhere!” She paused as she listened to her own words, then sighed, “One of us should have followed him.”

Shimi closed her eyes. “This is something Chris has to do on his own. It is the only way.”

Sidney flopped down into the pilot’s seat and gazed out the window. “Perhaps, but that doesn’t mean I have to like it.”

A slight smile played across Shimi’s lips for a brief moment before she stood up. “He is here.” She stated softly as she walked out of the cockpit and towards the door.

Chris pulled the hood up over his face as he waited for the ship's door to open. He gazed down at his hands and the blood he know knew was upon them. The jedi that Lady Raine had sent him to slay had fallen to the darkside but Chris was still not accustomed to killing. He heard the soft hiss of the door as it began to open. He closed his eyes for a moment and concentrated on the meditation Shimistra had spent two years training him. It was a way he could keep himself balanced and learn to burn off the darkness that surely would try to consume his soul in the future. He frowned as he remembered the way Lady Raine had smiled delightfully as he’d dropped the severed head of the fallen jedi at her feet. She'd pulled out the artifact then and made him place his hand upon it. As they held it together, she’d forced him to swear an oath of loyalty to her. He would be her student, he would cross the line into darkness, and in return, she would let him take the artifact that contained Jelaket’s soul. He’d agreed with one condition, that neither she nor any of her associates would ever harm Jelaket, if this stipulation was broken, or if he tried to escape her training, the oath would be broken. He also knew that any jedi or sith could detect the oath that now surrounded him. He knew Shimi would know of it the second she laid eyes upon him…if she didn’t already. He also knew that she would see the darkness within him. She had trained him on how to destroy the sith artifact and release Jelaket’s soul. She’d known that in doing so, he would have to draw upon the darkside. He knew that the darkness was in him now, and it was up to him to keep it balanced. He would have to walk the thin line of nuetrality…one step to far to the darkside and he might be lost forever.

His eyes met Shimi’s as the door opened. He walked aboard and tossed his cloak aside. “It is done.” He whispered softly to Shimi and glanced at where Sidney stood in the doorway of the cockpit before stepping into his room aboard the ship.

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“What do you think is taking him so long?” Sidney asked crossly as she paced her cockpit.

Jedi Master Shimistra glanced up at the woman. “He will be here.” She answered, her gaze travelling back out the window and towards the marketplace.

“How do you know?” Sidney growled, “For all we know he could be lying dead somewhere!” She paused as she listened to her own words, then sighed, “One of us should have followed him.”

Shimi closed her eyes. “This is something Chris has to do on his own. It is the only way.”

Sidney flopped down into the pilot’s seat and gazed out the window. “Perhaps, but that doesn’t mean I have to like it.”

A slight smile played across Shimi’s lips for a brief moment before she stood up. “He is here.” She stated softly as she walked out of the cockpit and towards the door.

Chris pulled the hood up over his face as he waited for the ship's door to open. He gazed down at his hands and the blood he know knew was upon them. The jedi that Lady Raine had sent him to slay had fallen to the darkside but Chris was still not accustomed to killing. He heard the soft hiss of the door as it began to open. He closed his eyes for a moment and concentrated on the meditation Shimistra had spent two years training him. It was a way he could keep himself balanced and learn to burn off the darkness that surely would try to consume his soul in the future. He frowned as he remembered the way Lady Raine had smiled delightfully as he’d dropped the severed head of the fallen jedi at her feet. She'd pulled out the artifact then and made him place his hand upon it. As they held it together, she’d forced him to swear an oath of loyalty to her. He would be her student, he would cross the line into darkness, and in return, she would let him take the artifact that contained Jelaket’s soul. He’d agreed with one condition, that neither she nor any of her associates would ever harm Jelaket, if this stipulation was broken, or if he tried to escape her training, the oath would be broken. He also knew that any jedi or sith could detect the oath that now surrounded him. He knew Shimi would know of it the second she laid eyes upon him…if she didn’t already. He also knew that she would see the darkness within him. She had trained him on how to destroy the sith artifact and release Jelaket’s soul. She’d known that in doing so, he would have to draw upon the darkside. He knew that the darkness was in him now, and it was up to him to keep it balanced. He would have to walk the thin line of nuetrality…one step to far to the darkside and he might be lost forever.

His eyes met Shimi’s as the door opened. He walked aboard and tossed his cloak aside. “It is done.” He whispered softly to Shimi and glanced at where Sidney stood in the doorway of the cockpit before stepping into his room aboard the ship.